About ASWS & Services

Alice Springs Women’s Shelter (ASWS) is a specialist Domestic, Family violence support service for all women in Alice Springs and the wider Central Australian region. We provide a range of services including crisis accommodation and outreach support service, along with a number of other services to support women in maximising their own and their children’s safety.

Alice Springs Women’s Shelter (ASWS) provides a range of support for women and children experiencing Domestic and Family violence. The services include emergency accommodation, outreach support and court support.

The Alice Springs Women’s Shelter (ASWS) provides court support services through our Court Support Officer, to all women who have experienced or continue to experience domestic violence.

The Court Support Officer assists women primarily in civil law matters such as when making an application to the court to obtain a Domestic Violence Order. However, assistance is also provided in criminal law cases for instance when a woman is called on as a witness to give evidence about a past domestic violence incident.

The Womens Shelter provides Domestic, Family Violence Training to services in Alice Springs and works collaboratively with other organisations in the region to delivery events and awareness raining around Domestic, Family Violence in the region. Click here to find out more CDT page

We recognise that many of the women who approach our service need support with not only domestic violence, but also with a range of other issues that may be causing stress and anxiety in their lives.

ASWS works collaboratively with other agencies in Central Australia and interstate to provide a well-rounded service to women and their children. We are able to refer women onto other services that specialise in their particular need.

The Alice Springs Women’s Shelter (ASWS) works in partnership with the Tangentyere Council and the Jesuit Social Services to provide a program aimed at curbing the high rate of Domestic violence in Central Australia.

The program is funded by the Alice Springs Transformation Plan, which makes up part of the Northern Territory Government and Australian Government Initiative aiming to improve the lives of Alice Springs residents in the long term

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Contact Us

Alice Springs Women's Shelter

PO Box 3219 Alice Springs 0870 Australia

Phone: 08 8952 6075E-mail: ws@asws.org.auWebsite: www.asws.org.au

Our Mission

The Alice Springs Women’s Shelter (ASWS) seeks to prevent and respond to violence in Central Australia by providing safe accommodation and support services for women and children who have experienced domestic or family violence and to share its knowledge through community development, sector development, education and training.

Our Vision

Our vision is for a Central Australia in which all women and children live safely, with respect and dignity, free from violence, in their chosen communities.